Patrons

Dr Gedis Grudzinskas MD, FRCOG

Consultant in Infertility and Gynaecology

Qualifications:
MB BS, BSc, MD, FRACOG, FRCOG

Areas of Expertise:
Reproductive medicine and surgery, Egg donation

Background information:
see website www.grudzinskas.co.uk
Dr Grudzinskas, formerly Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at St Bartholomew's & The Royal London Hospitals School of Medicine and Dentistry and formerly Medical Director of The Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre, after more than 20 years is continuing his clinical activities as an independent practitioner at 92 Harley Street, London.

During this time he initiated International cross border fertility treatment strategies between UK, Lithuania, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Ukraine and USA He is applying his many years of experience :-

• to assist couples who are still childless after IVF treatment
• to maintain and enhance reproductive health in women
• to prevent infertility and preserve fertility in cancer patients
• to assist women who require treatment with egg donation

Dr Richard Balet MD

Consultant in Infertility and Gynaecology

Areas of Expertise:
Fertility Specialist (Male Factor)

Background information:
Richard Balet trained as an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the University of Paris. After ten years at the Polyclinique in Deauville, where he was responsible for directing the IVF programme, Dr Balet moved to London as Senior Research Fellow at the Royal London Hospital and subsequently joined Bridge as a specialist in Male Infertility.

Dr Balet has published articles relating to infertility in men with spinal injuries, transport IVF and male infertility in general.

Adrian Lower FRCOG

Consultant Gynaecologist

Mr Lower studied medicine at Nottingham University Medical School after a brief spell in the Royal Navy. He completed a surgical rotation in Nottingham before commencing his Obstetrics and Gynaecology. After SHO posts in Nottingham he moved to London for a registrar post at the London Hospital in Whitechapel. In 1988 he became a Research Fellow at the London Hospital Medical College and furthering his interest in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery which has been the foundation of his career for the last 25 years. He completed further research in Perth, Western Australia where he was first introduced to in vitro fertilisation techniques. He put the knowledge he learned in Australia to good use during his time as Lecturer at the London Hospital Medical College, on his return, where he helped to set up the Royal London Hospital Fertility Clinic which later merged with the clinic at Barts. He underwent subspecialty training there in 1993-1995. He was appointed a Consultant to Barts and The Royal London Hospitals in 1995.

In 1999 he opened the Isis Fertility Centre in Colchester, supervising all aspects of the design and management of the clinic which was later sold to Bourn Hall. After a very successful 8 years at Barts and the London Mr Lower left the NHS to concentrate on the needs of his private patients.

He is now Medical Director of the Women's Health Partnership Ltd and The London Fibroid Clinc based in a modern suite of rooms at 30 Devonshire St.

Mr Lower is widely published in peer reviewed journals and acts as a reviewer himself. He has contributed to a number of major textbooks of Gynaecological Surgery. In addition, he is frequently invited to teach master classes in his areas of surgical specialty, as well as to speak at international scientific meetings on his chosen areas of research.

He has also appeared in articles in the lay press, television and radio and acts as a spokesman for the British Fertilty Society. He has been listed in the Tatler Good Doctor Guide as one of the top 150 doctors in the country since 2005.